la
feminine
/neˈβaða/
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Translation
snowfall
Word origin
From nevar ('to snow'), from Vulgar Latin nivare, from Latin nix, nivis ('snow'). The same root survives in the rare English word 'niveous'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- nix, nivis
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralnevadas
Examples
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The snowfall covered the whole village in white.
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Last night there was a very heavy snowfall.
¿ ?
Have you seen this morning's snowfall?
cerradas .
The roads are closed because of the snowfall.
¡ !
What a beautiful snowfall!
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